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TEXAS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE / RULE 31
TRCP 31: Surety not to be sued alone
Follow the alternative prerequisites for suing a surety and the separate legal exceptions.
Rule 31, illustrated
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No surety shall be sued unless his principal is joined with him, or unless a judgment has previously been rendered against his principal, except in cases otherwise provided for in the law and these rules.